As WPBF 25 News' Stephanie Berzinski explains, cyber creeps are finding ways to get inside the personal lives of others through their web cameras.

As WPBF 25 News' Stephanie Berzinski explains, cyber creeps are finding ways to get inside the personal lives of others through their web cameras.

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Updated: 11:30 AM EST Nov 7, 2013

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WEBVTT SHE'' QUOTE A FINE JUDGE AND AWONDERFUL HUMAN BEINGS.MANY OF US USE WEBCAMS.CYBERCREAMS ARE ALSO USING THESAME TECHNOLOGY TO HACK INTONERNL LIVE AND SPY ON OUT.WE HAVE MORE ON INCREASINGDISTURBING WORLD OFCYBERHACKING.YOU COME HOME FROM WORK SETDOWN BELONGING SHUT BEDROOM DOORJUST WHEN YOU THINK NO ONE ISWATCHING.THE NUMBER OF CYBERHACKERSPYING ON VICTIM IS GROWINGDAILY.FROM WEBCAMS iPHONES iPADS ANDDROID AND ANY ELECTRONICDEVIOLATES WITH CAMERA IS ATRISK.NOT EVEN MISTEEN U.S.A. CANESCAPE THE PEEPING TOMS OF THECYBERWORD.SHE WAS TARGETED BY A FELLOWHIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE WHO HACKEDINTO HER WEBCAM AND SECRETLYRECORDED HER IN HER BEDROOM.I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.WHEN I RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL ANDSAW THE FIRST THREE LINE ICONTROLLED THROUGH IT REALLYQUICKLY ON iPHONE I JUSTSCROLLED THE BOTTOM AND SAW THETWO PHOTO AND BECOME HYSTERICAL.I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS WASREALLY HAPPENING.ALLEN CEO SAID HACKER USE WHAT'SCALL SOCIAL ENGINEERING TO TRICKUS INTO CLICKING SOMETHING THATTHEN ALLOWS THEM TO INFECT OURCOMPUTER WITH MALWARE AND GAINACCESS TO DIGITAL WORLD.FAKE E-MAIL.IF YOU CAN GET THE PERSON TOCLICK THAT NOW YOU HAVE TOACCESS.THEY CAN TAKE PRIVATE MOMENTOF INFORMATION AND EASILY MAKEIT ALL PUBLIC ONLINE..THERE'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION.KEEP IT COVERED.SIMPLY COVERING THE CAMERA.HE ALSO ADVISES COMPUTERUSER TO USE APUBBEDANCE OFCAUTION.BY PARANOID WHENEVER YOU ON WEBSITE AND SOMETHING ASK YOU TOCLICK OKAY OR CONTINUE ORCANCEL.A BELL SHOULD GO OFF.YOU SHOULD BE PARANOID.DO I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE ASKINGFOR.DOES THIS SEEM LIGIT.THE NEXT TIME YOU PULL OUT iPADOR LOG ON TO COMPUTER.MAKE SURE NO ONE IS SPYING ONYOU.IF YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES RUNSLOW OR ACTS BUGGY THOSE ARESIGN HACKER MAY BE UP TOONOGOOD.YOU CAN RUN A FREE PROGRAM TO

Cyber creeps hacking into personal lives of others

As WPBF 25 News' Stephanie Berzinski explains, cyber creeps are finding ways to get inside the personal lives of others through their web cameras.